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Rolls-Royce is one of those automakers that stuck to only a few body styles throughout its century-long history on the market. It's known for producing opulent sedans, but it also rolled out two-door coupes and convertibles. In 2018, the British company entered the SUV realm with the Cullinan.
Rolls-Royce didn't build wagons, but some of its cars were transformed into grocery-getters by coachbuilders. But at least one company took a different route and slapped a Rolls-Royce front clip onto an American car. What you're looking at is a 1971 Ford Country Squire with a Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow front end.
Weird creations like this are usually the result of renderings, but this contraption is as real as they get. Put together by Scar Cars Inc. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, it's one of only eight built.
Not only does it feature an original Rolls-Royce front clip, including the Spirit of Ecstasy statue, but the conversion looks very convincing. The transition from the Country Squire's doors to the front fender is seamless, and the stance is spot on. The two-tone paint job helps too. The rear end retains the design of the Country Squire, but it features a Rolls-Royce badge, Silver Shadow taillights, and "shooting brake" lettering on the tailgate.
There is no information about when this wagon was put together, but it could be a few decades old. The Country Squire used in the build is from 1971, while the Silver Shadow with this front end was produced from 1965 to 1977. What we do know is that the wagon spent its last three years in storage and received a new battery to get running again.
The bodywork looks decent from a distance, with a few cracks in the paint visible upon close inspection. The interior is still very much a Country Squire, but it showcases a bird's eye maple dashboard panel and a Nardi steering wheel. The original seats are gone, but the new ones seem to provide more comfort. The cargo area looks spotless, and it's dressed in red carpet. More importantly, it offers more storage room than any Rolls-Royce out there.
But what about power? Is this wagon a Ford or a Rolls under the hood? Well, despite the British front clip and the "Rolls-Royce" script on the engine, this grocery-getter draws juice from a Ford mill. The seller doesn't say if it's the Country Squire's original V8, but it's a 400-cubic-inch (6.6-liter), one of seven engines Ford offered in the seventh-generation wagon.
This V8 was rated at 260 horsepower and 400 pound-feet (542 Nm) of torque back in the day. It doesn't sound like a lot nowadays, but the Silver Shadow from the era came with only 189 horses, so it's nothing to sneeze at.
Overall, it's a somewhat strange build that combines cars coming from very different markets. But I think it's a cool build that will turn a few heads in the neighborhood. If you fancy a Rolls-Royce Country Squire, it's being auctioned off at no reserve by eBay seller "depereauto." The bidding is at $15,000 with two days to go, and it will probably end up being cheaper than a 1970s Silver Shadow.
Weird creations like this are usually the result of renderings, but this contraption is as real as they get. Put together by Scar Cars Inc. of Fitchburg, Massachusetts, it's one of only eight built.
Not only does it feature an original Rolls-Royce front clip, including the Spirit of Ecstasy statue, but the conversion looks very convincing. The transition from the Country Squire's doors to the front fender is seamless, and the stance is spot on. The two-tone paint job helps too. The rear end retains the design of the Country Squire, but it features a Rolls-Royce badge, Silver Shadow taillights, and "shooting brake" lettering on the tailgate.
There is no information about when this wagon was put together, but it could be a few decades old. The Country Squire used in the build is from 1971, while the Silver Shadow with this front end was produced from 1965 to 1977. What we do know is that the wagon spent its last three years in storage and received a new battery to get running again.
The bodywork looks decent from a distance, with a few cracks in the paint visible upon close inspection. The interior is still very much a Country Squire, but it showcases a bird's eye maple dashboard panel and a Nardi steering wheel. The original seats are gone, but the new ones seem to provide more comfort. The cargo area looks spotless, and it's dressed in red carpet. More importantly, it offers more storage room than any Rolls-Royce out there.
But what about power? Is this wagon a Ford or a Rolls under the hood? Well, despite the British front clip and the "Rolls-Royce" script on the engine, this grocery-getter draws juice from a Ford mill. The seller doesn't say if it's the Country Squire's original V8, but it's a 400-cubic-inch (6.6-liter), one of seven engines Ford offered in the seventh-generation wagon.
This V8 was rated at 260 horsepower and 400 pound-feet (542 Nm) of torque back in the day. It doesn't sound like a lot nowadays, but the Silver Shadow from the era came with only 189 horses, so it's nothing to sneeze at.
Overall, it's a somewhat strange build that combines cars coming from very different markets. But I think it's a cool build that will turn a few heads in the neighborhood. If you fancy a Rolls-Royce Country Squire, it's being auctioned off at no reserve by eBay seller "depereauto." The bidding is at $15,000 with two days to go, and it will probably end up being cheaper than a 1970s Silver Shadow.
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